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by Christina Enevoldsen When my daughter was eight years old, she spent the night at a friend’s house. She and her friend spent hours swimming in their community pool and Bethany came home with her face, arms and legs red and burning. I was irate that the girl’s mother allowed Bethany to be exposed to […]

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My healing starts with validating my wounds and my pain. Part of validation is to stop excusing my abusers through my self-blame. Placing the blame on my abusers doesn’t have anything to do with punishing them or seeking revenge. Whatever the consequences of their actions, I’m done with them. I’ve invested too much of my life on my abusers. My healing is about my life now.— Christina Enevoldsen, The Rescued Soul: A Writing Journey for the Healing of Incest and Family Betrayal